Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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WOULD MAKE BETTER MEN. km'rktary QT THI nwv WHOM lit'lt.l? ii? mokai, \\d HIIW \i B m i in tmf .MIV in M^lt Is Willing to Rehabilitate Tort Roy ?i Navy Yard If Liquor 'aw* are Unforc^l?Menu Ihuuo tin* Cause of Downfall of Many Mm Sn?m Dan Washington. Mav * 8.?Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy, sees more In being the head of the govern? ment's big naval establishment than planning gigantic dreadnaughts ol 4 " imui (,ois burden, of building swifter ships or Increasing the personnel of his fighting force. What he really sees is the man behind the guns and his moral und spiritual welfare. That's where his interest lies and right there la where he may be found centering his energies. On the man behind the gunn lies the future welfare of the naval servb I lluild up the man? make him a better man, physically, mentally and morally?the secretary says, and you will have ay better navy. < m the contrary until you have a better man you need hardly expect a better navy This was what Secretary Daniels told a delegation of South Carolina coagret ..oen when they calle? upon him to see what could be done to? wards rehabilitating the old Port Royal naval station. In the delegation were Representatives Hyrnes and Whaley and one or two well known I harleston citisens. Mr. Daniels has Just returned from his Southern trip and was most enthusiastic. He spoke of the beauties of the old city of Charleston, with its ever-increasing attractions of the great usefulness of the city's navy yard ami what It ought to do hereafter In the ship? building line, of the abandonment of Pensacola and New Orleans, and of what he hoped to accomplish as a re? sult of his trip. Then the topic of conversation drifted around to the Port Itoyal .station. The secretary said that he was most hopeful of making of that place the equal of what it had once been in Its bent days when workshops were running full blast, when the islund upon which it Is located was alive with officers and their families, and rything seemed to Indicate a I prosperous future. He de hat once had been done there that he sow 'ittie reason why tint ?nsni things or even better things could not be accomplished in the fu? ture. Then, turning suddenly to those who had called upon him, he said that there was one thing that would have to be done before Vie would move a pe<; Stop the sale of blind tlK*r" Ibp or to the men at the barracks, he said, and you will see Fort Royal blossom like the rose In PffnTsftino-. one thing must be done, he maintained, before he felt that he could take steps to rehabilitate the station?the people around the locality where UM station is located must enforce the liquor laws. "Carry out your stat? utes," he said, "and you will reap the benefits yon now wish in seeing your station come to the front again and instead of ,? sinull and obscure di< iplinury school you Will sec a place ihnt not only the people of the muoediate section bill those of the entire country will he proud to ? ?all their own." Characterizing the present enforce. incut or ia< k of enforcement of the South Caroline llejuor laws in the vicinity oi the Port Royal disciplinary barracks us a farce, the secretary told the congressmen that he was willing to lend u helping hand to any plan which they might submit for the up? building of their station but not un? til the sul?* of mean liquor, the kind that makes men crazy, should be stop? ped. Me designated three kinds as being especially objectionable?what is known as popskull, chain lighting, and kill-me-quicU. Stop the indis? criminate and unlawful sale of this stuff, he said, to the men who are sent to Port Royal und you will wonderful (banges In that section. I'nt'l this Is done and the young man \ hood of the naval service protected, little need he expected. It is the men. he said, who make the navy. MOB HRLO IN C HECK. Illotlng follows Attempt to Lynch Turn I ce. Negro Bootblack, for Bloody Dead. Fort Worth. Texas, May 16.?Up to a late hour tonight no attempt had bean made to repeat the disorder of i last night when a mob, bent on lynch? ing Tom Lee, negro bootblack, at? tacked the county jail and later de? stroyed property in the business sec? tion of Fort Worth valued at more than 115,000. As a precautionary measure, however, a military guard Is being maintained at the prison. Lee, who killed a policeman and a negro and wounded several other per? sons yesterday, had been taken from Fort Worth for safekeeping. Sheriff Raa refuses to divulge his where? abouts. Two other men, under sen? tence to be hanged, have also been removed from the jail to another place of detention. Judge Swayne of the Seventeenth district court instructed the grand Jury today to investigate the rioting of last night and return "hundreds of indictments." The Condition of lice, who shot him? self when he was brought to bay after yesterday's shooting, is said to be critical. If he survives his wounds he will be placed on trial without delay. Turkey Sits ami l4iys. H A. Nicholson says he has a tur? key that is now doing double duty. Some time ago the turkey wanted to >tit. after having laid 15 eggs. The eggs were taken away, but her plans, If such they were, could not be so easily frustrated and she began laying again in three days. When ten eggs had been laid she went to sitting (or setting) ami since that time haa been laying and sitting regularly, both at the same time and place, and now there are 1:1! eggs in the nest. No, It la not another turkey that is doing the laying, for Mr. Nicholson says then are only two other turkeys in the Whole community, and each of these 'appeared last week with a brood of young turkeys. Couldn't Walk! *1 wed to be troubled with a weakness peculiar to writes Mrs. Anna Jones, of Kenny, III "For nearly a year, I could not walk, without holding my sides. I tried several different doctors, but I grew worse. Finally, our druggist advised Cardui for my complaint I was so thin, ray weight was US. Now, I weigh 163, and I am never tfck 1 ride horseback as good as ever. 1 am in tU* bealtli si 52 years." JAKE Woiran We have thousands of such letters, and more are arriving daiiy. Such earnest testimony from those who have tried K, surely proves the great value of this vegeta? ble, tonic medicine, for women. Cardui relieves women's sufferings, and builds weak worses up to health and strength. If you are a woman, Slve it a vial It should help you, for it has helped a mil oo others. It is made from pure, harmless, herb ingredi? ents, which act promptly and surely on the womanly organs. It is a good tonic ~ry iti Your druggist sells it Adrmm Dept.. ChatttflOoo Medlctsc Co.. Cberumooct, Term.. Tnmanratlor Women." ttStitS JM Wire Fence W?* liny illnvt fr?i p.?lh< sir | nillU In rjir louil?. i??i cu ll with nil Aaaaaaaat aa?< i Mm MMMia m i?i ntM >??u ui ihr hraravt nth***, which wr nunr.intr?- in ?In. Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. w Sumterv ? - - South Carolina PRESIDENT WILSON s DECLARA? TION roll NO COMPROMISE ON TARIFF STIFFENS WAVERING SENA? TORS. only Two DciiuMiats Sena torn Rani? dell and ThOttltOn Of Louisiana, Stand out lor Tariff on Sogar?Fin? ance Committee or Senate to Work on TarllT During Week in Order to Have it Heady by Following Week. I Washington, May ia.?Tin- effect of President Wilson's public declaration that there would be no compromise on free wool end free sugar in three years in lb.- n? w tariff bill has been the subject of constant discussion since the chief executive made his ( pronunoiamento in the presence of assembled newspaper corespondents last week. Administration leaders declared that the president's vigorous assertion has served to strengthen the party lines up in the senate and they point to the vote on the tariff bill as an indication of the solidarity of the majority. Before the president came out so strongly in the face of the tremendous lobby influence that com? pletely surrounds the capltol, the leg? islative air way surcharged, with un- j Certainly. On every hand was heard the report thai the finance committee v?as planning to put a duty on wool or to leave sugar at the end of the three I year period with a small tariff. So thick and last old the rumors My that the president decided that a little tightening of the party ropes would do no harm. Taking a Arm { grip on the executive end of the string that leads to Capitol hill he called in the correspondents and in their presence gave a strong pull. Up to that time several Democrats had bean reported to be wavering on the subject of public hearings. At least live Democrats were, considering vot? ing for the Penrose-l^a Follette amend? ment. Hut when the president reaf? firmed his determination to stand by j the schedules which he virtually die tated into the tariff 1 >i 11 only Senators liansdell and Thornton of Louisiana broke through the party lines to re? main outside until the end. Another phase of the tariff discus? sion in the senate served as a fore? runner of the exact situation. That was the interpretation of the Demo? cratic platform as relating to free sugar, given by Senator Ollle James of Kentucky as the spokesman foi the administration. When the Louis- j lana senators attempted to put presi? dent Wilson ami the party on record as opposed to free sugar, the execu? tive head of the party took notice again and on Friday morning Sena tots James delivered What amounted to a flat dental of the allegations made by the Insurgent Democrats who are fighting to break up the majorlt) on the sugar schedule. Senator James declared that the I party did favor free sugar; that it campaigned <?n that issue and,*with the knowledge of the president, he challenged any one to find a man who could truthfully assert that Woodrow Wilson ever said he opposed free sugar. Again the administra? tion scored, Now the Democrats of the senate have the tariff bill to themselves. For two or perhaps three weeks the bill will be in the hands of the finance eommlttee and, whatever other sched? ules may be altered, the assurance has gone out that no changes In wool or i sugar will he recommended when the lull readies the party caucuses. Then behind closed doors the Dem? ocratic senators will have their final conference on the bill. The caucus, it is understood, will be a binding one. Western senators who would like a tariff on wool and those who want a change In sugar will cake their last stand. Then* are some who believe that some change In one schedule or the other will eventuate, while others 4 maintain that no change will be made and that not mote than one other s< nator will Join the Louisiana Bolons OUtslde the party line*. That would leave the majority In a safe position. This week the finance subcommit? tee Will l>c busily engaged with tar? iff experts and the representatives of protesting interests. The private J beatings also will he continued the following week, by which time Chair nan Simmons hopes to have the bill ready for the full committee ii not for the c.actis. It will get to the senate a* soon after June 1 as the leaders possibly can get it there. Con? siderable changes in the metal, cotton and chemical schedules are nntlcL i pated. This will necessitate a con? ference after the senate passes the bill, These probabilities give Indien tlonS that It Will he some tune ill AU gusl before Ihe taak is completed, While the finance committee is al work the senate will lie marking time, after the k<i u resolution for an In i|iiir\ into West Virginia coal mine conditions Is disposed of Thal mal tor I'" 'balds will he settled tomor? row, The organisation id the committees i the principal business i on fronting house leaders Majori!) Leadei i n derwood has nearly completed hla preliminary slate of committee as? signments, ami he expects to call a meeting of the Democrats of the ways ami means committee either Tuesday or Wednesday to go over his slate. Mr. Underwood has arranged the membership of the various committees to conform to ths caucus rule thai no member of the so-called majority committees shall have any other com? mittee assignments, ii is probable, however, thai the caUCUS Will Und it necessary to revise this rule. Under the present arrange? ment about tw(,-third.s of the mem? bers of the house will he forced to he content with one-third of the com- ' miete,, places. Mr. Underwood proba? bly will ask the caucus to revise tin rule to allow a more equitable dis eribution, The make up of the hanking ami currency committee, a matter of par- j ticular interest, is still In doubt Tt members of the committee who hvld over from the last congress* will he given Places ami that Representative ('arter Glass of Virginia, the ranking Democrat, will he chairman. The selection of new members to fill the vacancies, however, will he left to the ways and means committee. President Wilsons' views will he given consideration in Riling these vacan? cies. The currency question will he taken up by the house leaders during the is practically assured that all of the week and Representative Underwood and Representative Glass expect to have several conferences with the president, Senator Owen, chairman of the senate hanking and currency committee, and Secretary McAdoo of the treasury department, as to the details of the measure to he presented to the house soon after business If resumed on June 1. The committee assignments will probably he outlined by the ways and means committee within a week and some time within the next week a Democratic caucus will he called to pass upon the work of the commit? tee. Republican Leader Mann and Progressive Leader Murdoek ate at work on their committee assignments and they expect to complete their slates before June l. The complete committee lists will then he brought into tin- house for election. WILSON MUCH PLEASED. Henry is Gratified at Vindication Crom Bryan* Mexico City, May IS.?Commenting on Secretary Bryan's denial that the State department is conducting any investigation into charges against Henry Wilson, the American ambassa? dor to Mexico, the ambassador said today: "1 am greatly gratilled at the complete and honorable vindica? tion given me by the secretary of state. "The charges which were made purely for Mexican political purposes, not only caused me great distress, but to the extent to which they have been given credit were harmful to our government ami derogatory to the good name of the diplomatic Ser? vice." GlltL'S JAW BROKEN. Fractured by Ball In Prnctlco Game of Missouri Ciwds. Columbia, Mo., May 17.?Miss Georgian Clark id' Holla. Mo., a stu? dent In the University of Missouri, j suffered a fracture of the jaw while j playing baseball here today. The Missouri *.ds organised baseball teams this spring. Miss Clark was captain and catcher of the sopho? more team. She was playing in a practice game today, when a foul tip struck her. VOCIt KIDNEYS. Sumter Residents Must Learn The Importance of Keeping Them Well. Perfect health cannot be enjoyed I if the kidneys are weak and disor? dered. Thousands testify that Doan's Kid? ney Pills have a reviving action on weak kidneys. What this remedy has done in so many cases of this kind is the best proof of Its merits. Perfect health means that every or? gan of the body is performing its functions properly. i:.ad the following. It's testimony gratefully glvi n by a Manning resi? dent. Mrs, ll P. Jenklnson, Church St. Mannng. S C, says: "I gladly rec? ommend Doan's Kidney Pills, for I know from personal experience Ihey arc a remedy of no t it. I was an? noyed by kidney complain! and pains through the small of my back Doan's Kidney Pills helped me wonderfully, not onl) relieving lite misery In m$ Lack, i>Mt strengthening my kidneys Von may US? my testimonial at any time." j For sab by all dealers. Price 50 cents. K?ster-Mil burn Co., liuffalo, New Vork, sole agents for the United States. Remember Hie name Dean's and lake nu other. No, VOTING COUPON. GOOD FOR 25 VOTES In The Dally Item, Watchman end S*outhmn and Merchants Auto? mobile and l*| i .?? I tonfc t. For (Miss or Mra). Address. District No. These coupons must he clipped out n< atly and brought or ?ent to Contest Department of The Item. Bumter, fL c. Coupons of this issue not k.I aftei Ma; 27. Don't Think for One Minute Think for two. three, five or even ten minutes before you part with that lit? tle "spare change." It counts up fast in a Savings account at The Peoples' Bank r THE RESULT of being on the job and giving efiicient service] We grow stronger as we grow older. 1908-MAY.$375,000.00 1913 MAY.$7511,000.00 WHY HESITATE? THE FARMERS' BANK & TRUST CO. Think it Over You need the assistance of a good bank to do business with. We need new depositors in order to increase our business yearly. Having dealt fairly with others for 24 years, uo.i t you think your checking account would be safe with us. The Bank of Sumter It Has Been Said That W'itll all our Kr??alllO*s a- a nation w? an- a wa-t<-ful. e\ira\a Ktlllt people: that we do not laUe ad\antaue itf our oppoi t unit i< bh we hImiUIiI. oi a- wo would it we li\?d in a dill, rein ? oiinliy whcie tlieTc were not no main ol them Till? IHM alto-, ther true llf our iNklltmillllty, although I here are |>?op|,. ran in <>ur mill lllllllll) who could |p t ahead lazier. io> i? a-.> llieir a< i uinulatiou? ll) iihIiii* a k}Ktettiaiic plan to laxoe h) a pail i?f their IltrotiK*. II you haxen'l iu\?'-iiuai? <l nur I III Ilk \'.I Flau lor a.? muii latin- Klliall MtiniS into a large one. route in and h i us explain it l<> > ??ii. FIRST NATIONAL BANK